Year 8 Visual Art

Art in the Middle School focuses on guiding students towards an understanding of the Design Process and the Elements and Principles of Art. It provides an intellectually and emotionally stimulating space for ideas to grow, connections to be explored and personal, collective and global experiences to be challenged. Students engage in creative processes and artistic practices to communicate and make meaning through art. Students study various themes where the aim is to build confidence in art using a variety of 2D, 3D and digital media. Students develop a visual diary where they are encouraged to experiment, explore ideas and solve problems in their work.

Structure

Unit 1: Backyard Stories

Viewpoint question: As artists, how can we celebrate local content through our unique perspective?

Students investigate a variety of 2D approaches through an experimental folio where they are encouraged to examine and celebrate aspects of the local area and share individual perspectives.

  • Drawing

  • Lino

  • Artists - local

  • Local Content theme

 

Unit 2: It's All About Me!

Viewpoint question: How does art help us express our identity?

Students explore 3D and 2D media through an experimental folio where they are encouraged to imagine, celebrate and share individual/cultural stories and engage their senses through the presentation of their work.

  • Ceramic sculpture

  • Photography experiments with sculpture and display

  • Digital illustration

  • Artists - First Nations Australians

  • Personal Identity theme

Assessment

Experimental folio and resolved works

Contact

Mrs Ros Braithwaite

rbraithwaite@mfac.edu.au

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